Box-fastener.



E. P. WARFIELD. BOX FSTENER. APPLICATION FILED JULY22,1908.

956,747, Patented May 3, 1910.

. O attoznup ANDREW B iANAM C0- Priora-LIYHDGRAPNKRS, WASHINGTON. n. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EARL P. WARFIELD, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO ALVIN L. NEWIVIYER ANI) ONE-HALF TO MONROE S. SNYDER, OF WASH-INGTN, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'.

BOX-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL P. WARFIELD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a newand useful Box-Fastener, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to box and package tying devices and has for itsprincipal object to provide a simple and economic form of fastener bywhich paste board and other boxes may be quickly and securely fastenedwithout the necessity of wrapping and tying in the manner universallypracticed and to so arrange this means that it will serve also as ameans for confining or holding in position the contents of the boxwhereby such contents will not be liable to be thrown about.

In the drawings there is shown a perspective view of a deviceconstructed in accordance with the present invention, this viewillustrating the manner in which the fastening cord of the device is tobe used to retain articles within the box to which the invention isapplied.

The cheap paper board boxes which are now largely used for the receptionof clothing, laundry, shoes, confectionery and the like are in nearlyall cases secured by wrapping and tying cord or twine there around. Thisinvolves considerable expense, not only in the matter of twine or cord,but in the time occupied in the fastening operation. The fastenings,moreover, if securely tied, cannot be readily loosened withoutemployment of a knife or other cutting implement.

In the drawings A represents the body and B the lid or cover of anordinary form of paper board box to which the present invention isapplied.

As illustrated in the drawings, the fastening cord, which is indicatedby the numeral 11, is passed through a pair of openings formed in astrip 20, of card-board or similar material, that is arranged to pressagainst and hold garments or the like within the box. The ends of thistying cord ll are passed through openings 2l at or near the bottom edgesof the side walls of the box, and are thence passed upwardly and woundaround the buttons l0 on the cover member of the box. By thisconstruction nished garments may be held flat against the bottom of thebox for the purpose of retaining the original fold lines, and therebypreventing them from becoming creased.

It will be understood, from the foregoing description of the invention,that the ends of the tying cord ll may be extended between adjacentbuttons, to afford a handle, should it be so desired to arrange thedevice.

I/Vhat is claimed is l. The combination with a box including a bodyportion and cover, a garment engaging strip disposed within the box,securing buttons fastened to the opposite side walls of the cover, and acord having one end thereof secured to one of the buttons and its otherend passing through openings formed in the opposite sides of the body ofthe box for attachment to the other button, the intermediate portion ofthe cord being arranged to bear against the garment engaging strip.

2. The combination with a box including a body portion and cover,buttons secured to the opposite walls of the cover, a garment engagingstrip disposed within the box, and a flexible medium extendingtransversely through the box for attachment to the adjacent buttons foryieldably supporting said strip in engagement with a garment.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' EARL P. WARFIELD.

Witnesses:

ALVIN L. NEWMYER, JNO. E. PARKER.

